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Roles of science in eugenics [PDF]
, 2014 The relationship of eugenics to science is intricate and many-layered, starting with Sir Francis Galton’s original definition of eugenics as “the science of improving stock”.
Wilson, Robert A.
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‘This growing genetic disaster’: obesogenic mothers, the obesity ‘epidemic’ and the persistence of eugenics [PDF]
, 2013 In this era of ever-increasing emphasis on personal responsibility the 'obesity epidemic', officialised in global health warnings, threatens to swamp the West with the consequences of overindulgence.
Cain, Ruth
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Membership‐Making in Diverse Societies: Revisiting the Idea of Society as a Common Possession
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The traditional aim of Western social democracy has been to create a society that is a ‘common possession’ of its members (in T.H. Marshall's words). Social democratic politics has therefore been both society‐making and membership‐making, orienting people to a shared society as an object of attachment and loyalty, and nurturing membership ...
Will Kymlicka
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La sabiduría de los fabricantes de sombreros. La inteligencia en la eugenesia chilena
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2014 This paper develops an approach to intelligence in the context of the theory of degeneration and eugenics in Chile. The degenerationists ideas of physicians Luis Vergara, Florentino Caro and Augusto Orrego Luco, which circulated in the late nineteenth ...
Marcelo Sánchez
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The trajectories of eugenics [PDF]
, 2018 Introduzione al numero monografico di Contemporanea intitolato "Present days-eugenics"
Betta, E.
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Fritz Scheffer Under National Socialism: Assessing His Political Involvement
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aims This article examines the role of soil scientist Fritz Scheffer (1899–1979) under National Socialism and offers a critical assessment of his scientific, institutional, and political positioning between 1933 and 1945. It asks how Scheffer shaped his career within the tension between disciplinary specialization, political expectations, and ...
Jan Arend
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Deviancy, Dependency, and Disability: The Forgotten History of Eugenics and Mass Incarceration [PDF]
, 2018 Three widely discussed explanations of the punitive carceral state are racism, harsh drug laws, and prosecutorial overreach. These three narratives, however, only partially explain how our correctional system expanded to its current overcrowded state ...
Appleman, Laura I
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Introduction: Preeclampsia (PE) is a gestational hypertensive disease with unclear pathogenesis. This study aimed to identify the genes that play an important role in determining the pathogenesis of PE using bioinformatics analysis and fundamental ...
Yajuan Wang +15 more
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, 2014 This is an introductory article on sociobiology, particularly its relationship to ...
Wilson, Robert A.
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